This extensive collection of clippings was begun by Max Kreutzberger, the first executive director of the Leo Baeck Institute, with the help of his assistant, Irmgard Foerg. It was continued by LBI staff after he retired. The clippings cover the years 1901 through 1989 and are mainly taken from German and English language publications such as newspapers and magazines. They are organized into three series. Series I contains clippings about individuals and is sorted alphabetically. Included are...
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The collection contains family trees of the Hutzler and Millhiser families. The Hutzler family tree includes the descendants of Moses Hutzler from the mid 18th to late 20th century with birth and death dates. The family tree is accompanied by indices arranged alphabetically by family members' last names, additional biographical notes on some family members, and photographs. The Millhiser family tree includes the descendants of Arkiba Millhiser from the early 19th to late 20th century with birth...
Topics: Jews, Genealogy
This collection contains a variety of material regarding Gabriel Riesser: photo of portrait; personal and professional correspondence (1841-1849); album with dedication to Riesser on occasion of his move to Frankfurt am Main. "Wechsel-Protest" signed in Hamburg, 1845; description of two publications about Riesser by Grosse Guenther (1963); 1983 letter to Leo Baeck Institute discussing correspondence from Adolphe Cremieux to Gabriel Riesser
Topics: Jews, Jews
Source: folio
Correspondence with individuals and organizations, including Clifford Case, Max Eastman, the Emergency Rescue Committee, Bruno Frank, Manfred George, Hermann Kesten, H.R. Knickerbocker, Alfred Knopf, Emil Ludwig, Erika Mann, Klaus Mann, James G. McDonald, Maxwell Perkins, Victor Polzer, Curt Riess, Ernst Rowohlt, Friedrich Sternthal, Max Warburg, Franz Werfel, and Carl Zuckmayer
Topics: Emergency Rescue Committee, Anti-Nazi movement, Communism, Liberalism, Jews, World War, 1939-1945
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Correspondence and autographs, including letters from former residents of Mannheim, as well as Rabbi Joseph Carlebach, Rabbi Jacob Hoffman, Richard Beer-Hofmann, Jacob Rosenheim, Felix Theilhaber, Fritz von Unruh, and Karl Wolfskehl
Topics: Smithsonian Institution, Literature, Concentration camps, Jews
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